Achilles

Overview

Widely accessible
fracture risk assessment

The
Achilles bone ultrasonometer helps you protect the vitality of your patients by
making accurate fracture risk assessment both comfortable and convenient.

Achilles osteoporotic fracture risk assessment is as discriminating as DXA at the hip
and spine. The exam is quick and comfortable for your patients, and its user-friendly
design makes it easy for your staff to operate, with no formal certification required.

Protect her vitality.

Benefits

Achilles
bone ultrasonometers offer you the following benefits:

CERTAINTY

Osteoporotic
fracture risk assessment as discriminating as DXA at the hip and spine

The
osteoporotic fracture risk assessment provided by Achilles closely matches
prevalence as defined by central DXA. Its high negative predictive value—97
percent for 50- to 59-year-old Caucasian women—makes Achilles especially useful
for discriminating between those not at risk for fracture and those in need of
further evaluation by central DXA.

COMFORT

A quick and
comfortable exam

Bone
assessments take just a few minutes. Your patients sit comfortably during the
pain-free exam—no messy gels required. Moreover, the unit emits no ionizing
radiation.

CONVENIENCE

Efficient customizable workflow

Achilles
units are portable and affordable. When combined with the quick exam time,
these features help enable you to reach more patients. Furthermore, the
user-friendly Achilles requires no special room and no formal certification. Results are concise and easy for staff to interpret.

Warm, water-filled membrane hugs the heel. A large easy-to-read color display tilts back and forth.

Performance

Discriminating
fracture risk assessment

The osteoporotic fracture risk assessment provided by Achilles closely
matches the prevalence as defined by central DXA (see chart).1 Yet it’s fast and affordable. Its high negative
predictive value—97 percent for 50- to 59-year-old Caucasian women—makes
Achilles especially useful for discriminating between those not at risk for fracture
and those in need of further evaluation by central DXA.

Among these ultrasonometers, Achilles most closely matches DXA findings based on the percentage of 60-year old women determined to have osteoporosis, as defined by a DXA T-score less than -2.5 at the femoral neck.1

healthymagination

Achilles healthymagination validation

GE’s healthymagination innovations are validated based on the proven level of contribution towards GE’s healthymagination goals of enabling 15% reductions in cost and 15% improvements in access and quality of healthcare. Innovations to be validated are submitted, along with supporting technical documentation, to Oxford Analytica whose independent network of scholar experts uses a predefined scoring system to assess the strength of the evidence supporting the innovation’s claims.